Common Problems in the Newborn Nursery

This comprehensive book thoroughly addresses common clinical challenges in newborns, providing an evidence-based, step-by-step approach for their diagnosis and management. Common Problems in the Newborn Nursery is designed to be an easy-to-use, practical guide, covering a full range of clinical dilemmas: birth injuries, bacterial and viral infections, anemia, neonatal hypoglycemia, hypotonia, nursery arrhythmia, developmental dysplasia, cardiac problems, ocular issues, as well as hearing assessments in the newborn. Written by experts in their fields, each chapter begins with a clinical case presentation, followed by a discussion of potential treatment and management decisions and various differential diagnosis. Correct responses will then be explained and supported by evidence-based literature, teaching readers how to discern the normal from the abnormal, the emergent from the non-emergent, and how to make decisions concerning diagnosis encountered on a daily basis. While this guide is directed towards the pediatrician, primary care physician, and other physicians who treat newborns in the general nursery, this book will also serve as a useful resource for all healthcare professionals working with this vulnerable patient population, from nurses, to pediatric and family practice residents.